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Re: FW190 Wr no 732183
Posted by Dennis Bergstrom on Sat Feb 16, 2002 10:27:53 AM
In reply top Re: FW190 Wr no 732183 posted by Dave on Fri Feb 15, 2002 07:24:01 PM
: This 190 was at one time with the Rio Hondo Museum in Texa
: s , along with several others recovered from Norway with c
: o-operation with the Norwegian AFM . I doubt with the stan
: dard of the work they did it would be even close to flyabl
: e . Kissammees' F-8 also came form this source and has bee
: n under restoration to fly for the past several years . Th
: e A-3 returned to Norway was so poorly rebuilt the Norwegi
: ans are re doing most of it ;-0
: The US hangar fire story is partially true ..... although
: the aircraft were basically new build so no 'history' lost
: as such. This was the company run by Mr Ahrens , who came
: to set up shop here in Christchurch , in order to rebuild
: the Hannas' 190A-8 wreck and produce several new build 19
: 0s [ one for Wanaka ] along with restoring the Me110s [ no
: w in Berlin ]
: A very long story which ended in Ahrens being deported fro
: m NZ back to the U.S. , where the FBI wanted a word about
: a possible insurance scam hangar fire ;-0
: The Hannas and the AFC were wondering where their money wa
: s going with little or no result to show from it ... a pol
: ice raid found that he was building an aircraft for himsel
: f on the second floor of the hangar !
:
: Dave
I'm assuming this is Dave McDonald from NZ!? If so, contact me off forum to arrange a meeting at Warbirds Over Wanaka 2002 so I can deliver some promised and long overdue Luftwaffe warbird photos.
Dennis